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    Office of Justice Programs
    We recommend that OJP work with Texas OOG to enhance its grant administration policies and procedures to ensure that regular desk reviews and site monitoring of subawards are conducted for all subrecipients in accordance with the VOCA Guidelines and establish a plan to perform site monitoring for those subawards that have not received a site monitoring visit within the last 2 years.
  • Resolved
    Office of Justice Programs
    We recommend that OJP work with Texas OOG to enhance its subrecipient monitoring to include verification procedures for subrecipient-reported performance data during programmatic reviews.
  • Resolved
    Office of Justice Programs
    We recommend that OJP work with Texas OOG to revise or to develop and implement a record retention policy that ensures Texas OOG complies with federal grant award requirements.
  • Resolved
    Office of Justice Programs
    $14,848
    We recommend that OJP coordinate with Texas OOG to remedy $14,848 in unsupported personnel costs charged to the VOCA 2022 grant.
  • Resolved
    Office of Justice Programs
    We recommend that OJP coordinate with Texas OOG to enhance its policies and procedures to ensure that the allocation of personnel costs allocated to the VOCA grants is timely and accurate.
  • Resolved
    Office of Justice Programs
    $87,476
    We recommend that OJP coordinate with Texas OOG to remedy $87,476 in unallowable indirect costs charged to the VOCA 2020 grant.
  • Resolved
    Office of Justice Programs
    We recommend that OJP coordinate with Texas OOG to develop policies and procedures to ensure that it uses the correct total direct cost base and approved indirect cost rate when calculating indirect costs charged to the VOCA grants.
  • Resolved
    Office of Justice Programs
    We recommend that OJP work with Texas OOG to enhance its policy and procedures to ensure it accurately reports indirect costs on the FFRs in the quarter the indirect costs were charged to the award.
  • Resolved
    Office of Justice Programs
    Coordinate with the Alaska DPS to evaluate the feasibility of including a needs assessment within its ongoing efforts to develop a funding strategy to help ensure program sustainability and effectiveness.
  • Resolved
    Office of Justice Programs
    Ensure the Alaska DPS updates its written policies and procedures to reflect its current subaward selection process.
  • Resolved
    Office of Justice Programs
    Ensure the Alaska DPS establish written policies and procedures to ensure 10 percent of its total grant funds are awarded to each of the victim categories, as required by the VOCA Guidelines.
  • Resolved
    Office of Justice Programs
    Work with the Alaska DPS to establish a monitoring mechanism that will ensure that it adheres to the frequency of financial desk reviews, as required by the Alaska DPS policy.
  • Resolved
    Office of Justice Programs
    $117,352
    Remedy $117,352 in unsupported subrecipient personnel expenditures.
  • Resolved
    Office of Justice Programs
    $9,282
    Remedy $9,282 in unallowable subrecipient expenditures.
  • Resolved
    Office of Justice Programs
    Remedy $59,018 in unreported program income earned by Subrecipient C.
  • Resolved
    Office of Justice Programs
    Ensure the Alaska DPS establishes a monitoring mechanism so that it adheres to the frequency of on-site monitoring reviews, as required by the Alaska DPS policy.
  • Resolved
    Office of Justice Programs
    Require the Alaska DPS to ensure the periodic verification of subrecipient performance metrics, as required by the Alaska DPS policy.
  • Resolved
    Office of Justice Programs
    $40,779
    Work with the Alaska DPS to remedy $40,779 in unsupported questioned costs for the Alaska DPS's software purchases.
  • Resolved
    Office of Justice Programs
    Ensure the Alaska DPS establishes policies and procedures to ensure program income requirements are adequately communicated to subrecipients and that program income earned is being tracked, reported, and expended in accordance with the VOCA Guidelines.
  • Resolved
    Office of Justice Programs
    We recommend that OJP work with LEAP to ensure it implements procedures to report accurate performance data and maintain proper support documentation for the reported performance.
  • Resolved
    Office of Justice Programs
    We recommend that OJP work with LEAP to ensure it complies with its approved funding structure or seeks approval and any necessary assistance to pursue a different structure to administer the program.
  • Resolved
    Office of Justice Programs
    We recommend that OJP work with LEAP to ensure it properly documents the approval of timesheets so that LEAP is compliant with its existing policy.
  • Resolved
    Office of Justice Programs
    We recommend that OJP work with LEAP to identify the amount needed for office space and modify its budget to ensure it reflects bona fide grant-related needs for rental costs.
  • Resolved
    Office of Justice Programs
    $2,682
    We recommend that OJP work with LEAP to remedy the $2,682 in unallowable software costs that were not approved in the grant budget.
  • Resolved
    Office of Justice Programs
    We recommend that OJP work with LEAP to develop and implement policies and procedures to ensure it charges to the grant only approved items in the budget.
  • Resolved
    Office of Justice Programs
    We recommend that OJP work with LEAP to establish a policy for confirming the receipt of goods or services.
  • Resolved
    Office on Violence Against Women
    Evaluate its monitoring practices in consideration of its needs and resources, establish appropriate plans to achieve the necessary oversight of its programs, and institute a risk mitigation strategy to address any shortfalls in meeting its monitoring plans. This strategy should consider active grant recipients deemed to be high-risk, as well as those receiving multiple grant extensions on the same award, from all program offices each fiscal year.
  • Resolved
    Office on Violence Against Women
    Review relevant DOJ and internal OVW guidance and practices regarding extensions to award performance periods and develop written policies to enhance extension-related controls for the appropriate administration of grant programs and fulfillment of OVW's fiduciary responsibilities.
  • Resolved
    Office of Justice Programs
    Ensure YouthBuild develops and implements written policies for the preparation of performance and progress reports
  • Resolved
    Office of Justice Programs
    Require YouthBuild to comply with the personally identifiable information (PII)-related special condition and enhance its existing information security policies to include procedures on how to respond and report an actual or imminent breach of PII.